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Stop Dial-up Prompt

Windows XP will in many cases prompt you to dial your connection. For example if you are reading your email while you are "Off Line", and you hit a HTML email which has a link to a picture, XP will ask you to dial your ISP.

Even if you have set the option Never dial a connection in Internet Explorers Tools > Options > Connections, Windows XP can continue to bug you with this.